In the aftermath of the publication of the latest financial statements from the world’s two largest technology giants during the last week of October, Microsoft tipped Apple once again as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company as its market...
Global shares traded lower last week, predominantly due to increased concerns over rising inflation and the recent renewed surge of coronavirus cases, notably in Europe. In addition to this, global equities and commodities, namely oil prices, were hit...
Malta Stock Exchange equity price index closes 0.05% down
Financial Times interview sends shivers through markets again
The social media platform had 566m monthly active users in China up to June
Observers say reaction to new COVID strain last week may have been overdone
ECB monetary operations On November 22, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on November 23 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €157 million, €15...
The MSE Equity Price Index dropped by 1.42% to the lowest level since November 2020 at 3,758.861 points as the declines in the share prices of MIA, FIMBank, MIDI, BMIT and GHM outweighed the gains in BOV and IHI. Meanwhile, four other equities remained...
President Joe Biden has last week ordered a release of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), as part of a coordinated effort with five other countries to curb surging energy costs. The US plans to tap 50 million barrels of crude oil in the...
Investors try to assess Omicron virus strain’s threat to world economic recovery
No matter how cheap oil stocks get, their shares are destined to wither
MSE Equity Price Index rebounds minimally from 2-week low
Global economic recovery could potentially be dealt a heavy blow
A fourth wave of coronavirus infections is raging across continental Europe, forcing governments, once more, to take drastic actions to mitigate the spread of the virus and stop from hospitals being overwhelmed. Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands...
Interest rate expectations have a huge impact on the bond market
2021 has so far been another very good year for the US stock market indices, the S&P500 increasing in value by 26.75 per cent during 2021 so far, while the Nasdaq Composite has increased by 24.23 per cent year-to-date (YTD). For clarity, the S&P500...
Tepid US oil stockpile release deals blow to hope of tempering oil price spike
MSE Equity Price Index rebounds on low volumes
Tech firms’ stock falls as Fed expected to raise rates from middle of 2022
ECB monetary operations On November 15, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on November 16 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €172 million, €82...
European equities are geographically well diversified, deriving 57 per cent of their revenues from outside of Europe. This compares to 30 per cent for the US and 40 per cent for Japan. The revenue exposure to the domestic economy has gradually declined...
Fears grow about renewed containment measures to battle a surge in COVID cases
Final day of trading on LSE of Irish airline’s shares set for December 17
For months, the world’s largest shipping conglomerates were under intense pressure. The industry seemed to have been sailing in treacherous waters. The introduction of IMO2020 alleviated costs, which although partially borne by customers, were...
Will the US Dollar's broad-based bullish trend continue in the coming months?
Consumers brushing off effects of surging inflation, for now
Decades-high spike in prices adds pressure on Fed to taper sooner than planned
ECB monetary operations On November 8, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on November 9 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €254 million, €186...
Companies all of a sudden seem to have a burning desire to break up. That appears to be the verdict sweeping some of the biggest corporations on the planet last week.After once-mighty United States conglomerate General Electric announced on Tuesday...
Following a strong second quarter of 2021, investors seem to have anticipated deceleration in company profit growth as the world continues to grapple with COVID-19. These rather pessimistic expectations have on average been beaten in Europe. Across the...
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